2016-17 The CW New Series

Comedy

MADTV (straight to series; 8 episodes)STUDIO: TelepicturesTEAM: David E. Salzman (ep, sr), Marc Teitelbaum (ep), John Montgomery (ep)LOGLINE: A revival of the original series which ran for 14 seasons on Fox. The new series will feature MadTV‘s signature pop-culture parodies and politically incorrect humor and star up-and-coming comedy voices. Also will feature special appearances from returning cast members of the original series as hosts of each episode.

Drama

FREQUENCYSTUDIO: Warner Bros TV/Lin PicturesTEAM: Jeremy Carver (w, ep, sr), Toby Emmerich (ep), John Rickard, (ep), Dan Lin (ep), Jennifer Gwartz (ep), Brad Anderson (d)LOGLINE: In this reimagining of the New Line Cinema film, a female police detective in 2016 discovers she is able to speak via a ham radio with her estranged father (also a detective) who died in 1996. They forge a new relationship while working together on an unresolved murder case, but unintended consequences of the ‘butterfly effect’ wreak havoc in the present day.CAST: Peyton List, Riley Smith, Devin Kelley, Lenny Jacobson, Anthony Ruivivar, Daniel Bonjour